EN: Good morning everyone! I hope you spent a great night out getting dressed up and trick or treating…. I stayed home and watched Wonder Woman with the Mister and my cat… yes, we are old and boring…. HAHAHAHA I’ve got the day off today as it’s a bank holiday, one of the pros of living in a predominantly catholic state! hahahahahah I will be spending the day, finishing my winter coat, which I wanted to have done but now, but Netflix decided to unleash season 2 of Stranger Things this past Friday and I now am experiencing a Netflix Hangover…. WHY??????

EN: Today I’d like to show you my new dress, the brand new pattern by the Sew Over It, the 1940s wrap dress! I fell in love with the dress, when it was released as a workshop a few years ago and have been holding my breath since December, waiting impatiently, for the pattern to be released! I was able to test the pattern beforehand, my opinions regarding this pattern are my own. I used a polyester (OMG CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???) to make up this dress, the pros for using this fabric are that it doesn’t attach itself to my tights… the cons for using this fabric, are that I accidently melted it on two separate occasions……

EN: I sewed up a straight size 10 without any alterations, used 4 sew in snaps and attached all of them a bit further outside, so that the neckline would be a little bit more modest, since I want this dress to to be a staple in my autumn and winter wardrobe. What I really like, is how the collar is attached to the dress and that you used bias binding to pretty up the insides, I LOVE IT when the insides of my dress rivals the outside of my dress! Yes, I am a nerd… sue me.
DE: Das einzige was mir etwas Kopfzerbrechen gemacht hat, ist wie der Bund an dem Kleid befestigt wird, der Rock und das Oberteil werden an verschiedenen Stellen gerafft und ich war dann so verwirrt, dass ich dann angefangen habe…. den Bund zu raffen (???) Na ja, ich habe dann eine ausgiebige Pause gemacht, mir noch einmal in Ruhe die Anleitung und die Illustrationen dazu angesehen und gemerkt, das ich einen totalen Schmarren gemacht habe und habe dann alles korrigiert… ENDE GUT ALLES GUT!!

EN: The only thing that caused me a bit of a headache, was the waistband, as the bodice and the skirt are gathered in different places, I got so confused, that I started gathering the waistband (???). Anyway, I took a break and reread the instructions and studied the illustrations at which point I realised my mistake and was able to finish the dress! YAY!!

EN: I had been eyeing the Blackwood Cardigan by Helen’s Closet all summer long, but didn’t do anything about it…. because we had a heatwave that lasted 3 months…..However, now that everything has cooled down and I really need to get some winter basics sorted out, I finally decided to bite the bullet. I used this Hilco Jersey from Myo Stoffe which is really, really soft and snuggly and coincidently, matched my dress! I sewed up a size M and only shortend the sleeves by 3 inches. I think I needed exactly 1.5 hours to cut out and sew up this pattern, which is why I’ve already sewn up another. Wishing you all a great rest of the week, with lots of sewing, relaxing an Neflixing (WATCH STRANGER THINGS!!).